As the preparation for the November 21st gubernatorial elections in Kogi State intensifies, more aspirants under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have obtained their nomination and expression forms to stand eligible for the party’s primaries.
Leading among the aspirants, who besieged the party’s national secretariat was Yaqeen Abdullahi Habeed who expressed he’s endowed with the vision and the purpose to harness the resources of the state to the benefits of the people.
Addressing journalists after picking his expression of interest and nomination forms, Yaqeen who decried the high rate of unemployment, robbery and kidnapping attributed the ills affecting the state to bad governance.
“I believe and so strongly that Kogi State is endowed with highly competent and capable people. What is required is sincere leadership with a vision and a purpose to harness these resources so as to realise a just Kogi State that is secure, stable and prosperous with the highest possible standards, which everyone can be proud of.
Yaqeen, who said he abandoned his lucrative job to save the people of Kogi State, promised to bring foreign investors from United States of America in the areas of partnership to provide modern and affordable of health care to the people of the state as well as reviving the Ajaokuta Steel Company in the state.
Another aspirants, Tim Da Dichie who also paid the sum of N5.5 million to pick the nomination and expression of interest forms gave three cardinal objectives that will be the hallmark of his government if elected, according to him, improvements on the infrastructure in the state, wealth creation and enable peaceful coexistence amongst the people of the state.
Another aspirant, Suleiman Lanre Ipinmisho, who had one time served as director general of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), promised to make transparency to be his watchword.
He said: “A state being run like Kogi is the black sheep of the nation and we must not allow it to continue.”
He urged the media to enlighten Nigerians to get government functionaries to be accountable to the mandate given to them.
KEHINDE ABDULSALAM
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